Named after the jazz music legend Ella Fitzgerald, Ella Mai started her journey towards stardom during 2014 when she took part in the season 11 of The X Factor as part of a trio called Arize but failed to advance beyond the initial audition. Soon after that, the trio split up and Ella began pursuing a solo career. She uploaded her debut solo EP Trouble on SoundCloud which led her to be discovered by various record labels. Over the next few years, she released multiple extended plays while her much-awaited self-titled debut studio album in October 2018 that peaked on several music charts across various countries. As far as the love life of Ella Mai is concerned, she dated basketball player John Wall for a short time period while is also rumored to have remained romantically involved with singer Kehlani but this news has never been confirmed by either one of them.